Man City Pip Man Utd, Liverpool, Tottenham To Signing Of Young Nigerian Goalkeeper

Manchester
City have reportedly won the race for the signature of young Nigerian goalkeeper
Gavin Bazunu.

Regarded as
one of the brightest young goalkeepers in the world at the moment, the
16-year-old Shamrock Rovers glovesman will sign a pre-contract with Man City,
according to Irish Daily Star (via Irish Mirror).

Bazunu had
been linked with moves to Liverpool, Celtic, Norwich City, Manchester United
and Tottenham Hotspur before agreeing terms with the Premier League champions.

The
teenager's transfer to the Etihad Stadium outfit will be completed in January
after he must have completed his studies in Ireland.

He kept four
cleansheets in his first four matches for Shamrock Rovers in the League Of
Ireland and was in between the pipes when they faced AIK Solna in the first
qualifying round of the Europa League last month.

Tosin
Adarabioyo, the Nmecha and Dele-Bashiru brothers, Chidiebere Nwakali, Nathanael
Ogbeta, Osazee Aghatise and Timi Sobowale are the Nigerian starlets on the
books of Manchester City.

Manchester
City will pay Shamrock Rovers an initial €350,000 for Bazunu.